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Vocabulary:

goal accomplishment - goals require cooperative effort of the entire group


personal identity group helps us know more about ourselves
affiliation people associate with others when they have something in common
emotional support people rely on others for emotional support
orientation 1st stage of group development members getting to know each other
confrontation 2nd stage group development members resolve issues regarding roles and expectations
differentiation 3rd stage group development members divide work and perform their tasks
collaboration 4th stage group development members form cohesive relationship / commit to success
virtual team group that relies on electronic communication rather than face to face
additive tasks independent group task in which members contributions are summed or pooled
conjunctive tasks task divided into subtasks and then assigned to members
disjunctive tasks group decision making task or analysis usually yes or no
process losses - inefficiencies that come from trying to coordinate and organize a larger group
social density - the number of people located in an area
assigned roles group roles formally assigned to members

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